Solo Homers Separate South Carolina from Ospreys Tuesday Night

Tuesday, April 12

Columbia, S.C.

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

13-21

South Carolina

16-16

North Florida

South Carolina

Caleb Stafford reaching out for a throw to first base

Photo by: Johnny Brown | Campus Connection 838

Solo Homers Separate South Carolina from Ospreys Tuesday Night

4/12/2022 10:16:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Abraham Sequera doubled in two runs with two outs in the sixth to tie things up, 2-2, but South Carolina (16-16) hit a solo home run in each of its next two innings on offense as North Florida baseball was edged by the Gamecocks, 4-2, Tuesday, April 12.

All four games in the series history between these two teams have been decided by three runs or less. Tuesday night's game marks UNF's final contest against a Power Five team in the regular season. It's also UNF's final non-conference road midweek game of the year.

UNF (13-21) created an opportunity for itself thanks to stingy pitching with Gamecock runners on base. North Florida stranded eight South Carolina runners despite the loss.

SC 4, UNF 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Cam Tringali (1-0)
Loss: Clayton Boroski (0-1)
Save: Matthew Becker (2)

Line Scores
UNF | 2R, 4H, E, 5 LOB
SC | 4R, 8H, 0E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score

SC scored the game's first run in the second inning. A leadoff single was followed by a wild pitch and two productive groundouts to score one.
Matthew Tadlock posted 3.1 innings of one-run ball. Tadlock combined with Zach Chappell stranded a South Carolina runner at third base in the fourth.
UNF worked two walks as its lone baserunners through five innings.
SC made it 2-0 in the 5th, pushing across a run after a leadoff single came round to score on an RBI groundout. Aidan Sweatt made a nice leaping play on a line drive to strand the bags loaded.
Tyler Gerteisen and Isaiah Byars worked walks and Sequera made SC pay, doubling them both home with a shot to dead center in the top of the 6th with two outs.
SC quickly regained the lead on a Colin Burgess solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.
Once again, UNF got tough with Gamecocks on the bases, as Jason Gonzalez stranded runners at second and third by coaxing a groundout to Isaiah Byars at shortstop in the sixth.
North Florida pushed runners to second and third with one out in the seventh, but an unusual 3-6 double play got South Carolina out of the jam.
SC took a 4-2 lead on Josiah Sightler's solo home run to right center in the seventh.
UNF notched singles in each of the next two innings but the Ospreys were held scoreless.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Abraham Sequera | 1-for-4, 2RBI, 2B
Aidan Sweatt | 2-for-3, BB
Isaiah Byars | 1-for-3, R, BB
Matthew Tadlock | ND, 3.1IP, 3H, ER, 3K, BB

Colin Burgess | 1-for-4, HR, 2RBI
Josiah Sightler | 3-for-3, HR, 2R
Talmadge LeCroy | 2-for-4

Notes

It was the fourth-ever meeting between these two teams.
UNF played its final game against a Power Five team in the regular season.
Matthew Tadlock made his second-career start.
It was the final non-conference road game of the season.
Cade Westbrook extended his reached-base streak to 21 games.
All four meetings between South Carolina and UNF have been decided by three runs or less.
South Carolina had two home runs, its lone extra-base hits.